It’s been delightful to watch her journey.”ĭelgado, a San Diego native who lives with her family in the El Cerrito area near San Diego State University, said her passion for Shakespeare has deep roots. Her pauses were beautifully handled and the crispness of the language was there without being overdone.
The language became really something that was working with her, as opposed to something she had to battle against. “She has a very natural approach to character development that set her apart,” Howard said. San Diego’s Old Globe was also built to replicate the original.ĭelgado is thrilled and honored at her win, but she said it was just as exciting for her to compete with some of the best high school actors she’s ever seen. If pandemic conditions allow her to fulfill her prize-winning trip, she’ll spend three weeks in an English conservatory studying theatrical history where she’ll perform with other international students at Shakespeare’s Globe, a re-creation of the Bard’s original theater, which closed in 1642. regions in April to win the 2021 English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition.
Now, the San Diego teen will soon tread the boards of Shakespeare’s Globe in London, as her prize for winning first place in a national Shakespeare contest.ĭelgado, an 18-year-old senior at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, beat out high school students from 40 other U.S. Delilah Delgado fell in love with William Shakespeare’s plays while attending outdoor performances at The Old Globe theater in Balboa Park.
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